SCRATCH the SURFACE with EJ Scott

Tatia Pilieva may not yet be a house hold name but her viral video "First Kiss" probably is. It has over 85 million views in just 3 months. I talk with Tatis about how that idea of getting 20 strangers to kiss each other on camera came from, whats next for her, what her first kiss with her husband was like, filming an independant movie called FOREVER with Deborah Ann Woll and Luke Grimes for the Art of Elysium, her birth place the Republic of Georgis (its a country), living in New York City, being a hopeless romantic and so much more!! Please SHARE, Please Listen, Please Enjoy!!

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Taran Killam is one of my favorite SNL cast members of all time! We have a great time talking about his marriage to actress Cobie Smulders, how they were able to do a long distance relationship for the last few years, his MADTV experience, his kidnapping role on 12 Years a Slave, how he lobbied hard for any kind of role in the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and got it!, his recent visit to the AVENGERS 2 set in Europe, his experience at the Groundlings improv/ sketch thetaer in LA, what is Lorne Michales like, his viral YouTube video of him dancing like singer Robyn, comic books and his own comic book that he wrote, Game of Thrones, Amazing Spider-Man 2, his three auditions for SNL, his process to get a sketch on the air and so much more!! He even does his brilliant Brad Pitt impression for me!! It was awesome. Please SHARE, Please Listen, Please Enjoy!!

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Lucas Neff is best known for playing Jimmy for four seasons on FOX's RAISING HOPE. We had a really silly and often serious converstaion about how he was a fat kid, how he use to read 1,000 pages a week, memorized the first 300 numbers of PI, his new love/ girlfriend actress CAITLIN STASEY from CW's Reign and their matching tattoos, cannibalism, reality shows, Buffy Angel, his Dad the novelist, his mom helping troubled kids, running an ultra marathon without training, experimenting with blindness, growing up in Chicago, apologizing to his family for being a troubled kid, visiting a blind theater in Israel, drinking at age 13, being picked on as a kid, being awkward with girls, trying his hand at rap, politics, whats troubling the world these days, improv and so much more!!!!

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Tim Bagley, maybe most recognizable from This is 40, Knocked Up, Web Therapy and Will and Grace, opens up to me about his life and career. We have a really hilarious and intense talk about growing up in Wisconsin and Michigan, being gay and trying to convert to straight through classes and programs, losng his partner of 10 years to HIV related illness, growing up one of 5 kids to a Republican father and a therapist mother, dating and having relations with women, his mother's review of 12 Years a Slave, online dating, The Groundlings, being a Butler at the Playboy Mansion and who ordered enigmas and douches to their room (yup), being a phone service operator to two pimps, finding out he was in the most dangerous shot director Roland Emmerich had ever shot, working with gay and lesbian teens that have been kicked out of their homes, OCD, Jim Carrey, Will Ferrell and tons more!! Plus a special surprise appearance by my girlfriend, Deborah Ann Woll. Tim was especially open with me and honest. Im very appreciative to him for that. Alot of really important things were talked about and alot of silly things. I had a great time talking with him and hope you enjoy listening just as much.

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Mo Collins is most recognized by the dozens of characters she played on MADTV, but she also has a very long resume that ranges from Parks and Rec to Six Feet Under to 40 Year Old Virgin. We talk about her strict Catholic upbringing in Minnesota, feeling stifled by a controling mother, to spreading her wings in acting and comedy, getting kicked out of an all girls Catholic College that mother went to, being the "black sheep" in her family, the origin of her nickname "Mo", to getting "let go" from Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop where she was thriving, to working for Disney in Florida, she talks about and gets emotional about her "perfect sister" (the greatest person she knows), getting married and divorced, moving to LA, auditioning for MADTV with a killer Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer impression, having a son who now wants to be a fireman, wanting to be a grandmother, her belief in aliens and her alien sighting that she witnessed, getting a rare form of cancer called GIST, just a couple of years ago and how thats going, her appearance on Sober House on VH-1 to talk to Andy Dick, poker, meeting Ed Asner and doing a Mary Tyler Moore impression for him, her new husband and how they met online, and so much more!! Its a funny, poignant, important talk we had. I hope you'll listen and enjoy and please share with your friends. Thanks!!!

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Fortune Feimster was a writer and on camera personality on Chelsea Lately with Chelsea Handler. We talk about working with Chelsea, who really stuck out from the celebrity interactions on the show including Dave Grohl and Lindsay Lohan, we talk about her stint as a Semi Finalist on Last Comic Standing Season 7, growing up in North Carolina, realizing she's a lesbian in her 20's, dating in Los Angeles, her parents separating when she was 12 then dating each other, auditioning for SNL twice, going through the Groundlings progam and being on the Sunday Company there, the possibilty of having children or not, life on the road and meeting fans and getting in cars with them, her out look on her weight, doing fundraisers in her back yard, working with Tina Fey on her sitcom on Fox, going to Bob Odenkirk's birthday party, how she feels about guys who "slut-shame", going to an all womens's "liberal" college, and tons more!! Its a very honest, open, funny conversation. Give a listen, give a share. thanks!!

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Sam Trammell has been acting professionally for over 20 years. He comes from a New York City stage back ground and was even nominated for a Tony award. Sam plays Sam Merlotte on HBO's hit show TRUE BLOOD. Sma comes on the podcast to talk about his Kickstarter to finsih the film he has a passion for called THE AFTERMATH. He also talks about being in an Alien/ Predator movie, living next to Nick Nolte in West Virginia, his worries as a father and as a human being, the universe, smoking "crack" for his latest role in the Aftermath, his upcoming Amazon Prime Pilot with Brian Bennehy, not getting married, being friends with guys from The State, working with Laura Dern, knowing Philip Seymour Hoffman, working with Shailene Woodley, hanging out with Winona Ryder, drugs, anxiety, how cold it gets being naked filming scenes in True Blood, he may even accidentally give some hints to what happens this final season for his charcter in True Blood and so much more!!!

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The Soup is a show that has been on E! making fun of other shows for the last 10 years. Lee Farber and Nic DeLeo (Mankini) have been there from the beginning, pretty much. Nic talks about his 30 year friendship with Joel McHale, Lee talks about how Joel McHale married him and his wife, having input with The White House Correspondence Dinner, writing for The Soup, the fear of what happens when and if The Soup ends, how some celebs won't come back to guest on The Soup, Lee worked with Barry Sonnenfeld and almost met Steven Spielberg, Nic possibly got banned from the Arclight Cimemas here in LA, and so much more!!!

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Harrison Brown is riding a bicycle from Alaska to Florida (about a 6,000 mile trip). He will be video blogging or webisoding along the way. When I first met Harrison at UCB in LA about 7-8 years ago he was about 70lbs heavier. We talk about his life style change and what made him make such a change, we talk improv and how hosting the Cagematch at UCB got him a job on the Price is Right and how he now tours with Drew Carey, we talk about his biggest fears for his big adventure (bears), how some people are trying to convince him to carry a gun, what it was like growing up in a small town outside of Madison, Wisconsin, losing weight, biking, Costco and much more!!

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Heather Anne Campbell is currently on the new reboot of Whose Line is it Anyway? with Ryan Stiles, Waycne Brady and Colin Mochrie. Shes also worked as a writer on Saturday Night Live (she was nominated for an Emmy) and is currently working with the ADHD people at FOX. We talk about growing up in Chicago, lying about her age so she could take improv classes at iO Chicago, being rejected as an action screenwriter, and how a single note on a script turned her off to action screenwriting forever, moving to Amsterdam, doing improv at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, getting hired at Saturday Night Live and what it felt like not being asked back after one season, what the process is like there, her love of gaming, art, getting high for the first time and drawing cartoons, and much more!! Give a listen and give a share to your friends. Thanks!

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